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The Mexican poet Beatriz Saavedra Gastélum has been recognized with the prestigious Premio de Arte Letterarie Il Canto di Dafne in Italy, an award that celebrates her outstanding literary career and her contribution to contemporary literature.
This international recognition underlines the relevance of her work in the global literary panorama, as well as her ability to transcend borders with a unique and profound poetic voice.
With 23 books of poetry and two published essays, Saavedra Gastélum’s work has been included in various anthologies, magazines and newspapers both in Mexico and abroad. Her poetry has been translated into multiple languages, including indigenous languages, French, English, Greek, Italian, Chinese and German, consolidating her position as a bridge between cultures and sensibilities.
Among her many awards are the César Vallejo Prize for Cultural Excellence, the title of Exemplary Sinaloan in the World, the Serguei Pavlovich Korolev medal in Russia (2023), the Alejandra Pizarnik International Literature Prize in Spain (2024) and her inclusion as a finalist in the Prix Mallarmé in France, reaffirming her place as a key figure in contemporary literature.
Currently, Beatriz Saavedra directs the Literary Creation Workshop at the Capilla Alfonsina, under the auspices of INBAL, and coordinates the cycle Alfonso Reyes y las mujeres de su tiempo. In addition, she collaborates with cultural columns in the Diario de Madrid and the newspaper El Capitalino in Mexico, reaffirming her commitment to cultural dissemination and analysis.
The Il Canto di Dafne award also recognizes the excellence of her work Al espejo del tiempo, recently translated into Italian by the poet and academic Stefania Di Leo. This book, whose lyrical sensitivity and philosophical depth have resonated widely, includes emblematic poems such as Único día, in which Saavedra reflects on the human condition, the fight against oblivion and the encounter with freedom:
To be able to say that one matters,
that the light passes through the hardened fist,
the fight in aridity or in the omen.
To say that winter serves me as madness,
that the earthly instinct collapses me
because of the speed of the movement
in which I enclose myself.
I retain here the only day
without anyone confirming the infinite for me.
Requiem to the beast of oblivion.
Beatriz Saavedra Gastélum reaffirms herself as an essential voice of contemporary poetry, proudly bringing the richness of Mexican literature to international stages. This new recognition is a celebration of her career and an open door to continue exploring her literary universe, where the word and the spirit intertwine in a constant search for the transcendent.
